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Kevin Costner, who played pro golfer Roy McAvoy in the 1996 movie “Tin Cup,” told reporters at the AT&T; National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach that he might have given people the wrong impression.

“I represent a lot of golfers,” said Costner, who is listed as a 16 handicap. “I shoot 7s and 8s all the time. I think making ‘Tin Cup’ put enormous pressure on me.

“People thought I could play, when really it was a cutup movie.”

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Trivia time: Who holds the Pacific 10 record for assists in a conference men’s basketball game?

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There is now: Mike Tyson made a back-door run into his hotel in Manchester, England, last week while crowds swarmed around a limo carrying a Tyson look-alike.

Said Bill Conlin of the Philadelphia Daily News, “I didn’t know there was such a thing as Rent-a-Thug.”

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Not his game: Bob Ryan in the Boston Globe: “If Michael Jordan the player were to have an early box score like Michael Jordan the front-office honcho, it might look like this: 0-10, 1-4, 1.

“Plus no assists and five turnovers. He should get his butt in D.C. and stay there, except to go scout some college talent.”

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More Ryan: “If Europe is so in love with Tyson, then he should simply lug some Washington Generals-like foes around with him and do a nice little grand tour of the European Union.”

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Tiger watch: Art Spander in the Oakland Tribune: “As the PGA Tour players have implied, Tiger Woods, 24, is unstoppable. And he could have his own chance at golf’s Grand Slam, never accomplished, taking the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and PGA in a calendar year.

“ ‘I would think in the back of his mind, he has to be considering the Grand Slam,’ Paul Azinger said. ‘He’s the most confident player now of any player ever.’ ”

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Upscale: For those looking for something more than a Dodger Dog and a bag of peanuts, the team will have Wolfgang Puck cater its new luxury suites this season.

Shouldn’t Wolfgang stick to hockey games?

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Trivia answer: Jason Kidd of California, 18 against Stanford on Jan. 20, 1994.

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And finally: From the Gallery column of the San Diego Union-Tribune: “John Rocker’s father is a lawyer and his mother a teacher; moreover, he scored 1,270 on the SAT and was a straight-A student in high school.

“And all along everyone thought he came straight out of the movie ‘Deliverance.’ ”